New duo show their gratitude

NEW boys Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Dave Edwards expressed their gratitude at securing immediate Wolves recalls, having repaid boss Mick McCarthy by helping their team to victory against Sheffield Wednesday.

NEW boys Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Dave Edwards expressed their gratitude at securing immediate Wolves recalls, having repaid boss Mick McCarthy by helping their team to victory against Sheffield Wednesday.

Ebanks-Blake notched the stoppage-time winner and Edwards generally impressed after both were thrown straight back into the fray after being Cup-tied for Saturday's 4-1 win at Watford.

"It was nice to get straight back in, I always want to play and am pleased I was selected," said Ebanks-Blake, now with two goals in three Wolves appearances and 15 for the season.

"But whoever is selected I'll respect my team-mates and if I can contribute somewhere in the game I will do.

"It's nice I've been able to score a couple of goals, it settles the nerves, but I'm feeling good here.

"You've always got to be in and about things creating chances and if you keep going right to the last minute you never know what might drop for you.

"Hopefully our luck as a team might change now and we can move up the league.

"We're not far away but have just got to carry on looking after our business and then if other teams lose we can move up."

Edwards, who went closest to finding Wolves a crucial second goal prior to Ebanks-Blake, was equally delighted with McCarthy's show of faith.

"The manager didn't name the team until we got here before the match, I think he wanted everyone to prepare really well," he said.

"I was a bit 50-50 whether I was going to play, I thought I did okay at Scunthorpe but Potts (Darren Potter) came in and did fantastically well at Watford.

"I'm very privileged that the manager picked me and just went out there and worked my hardest and luckily we got three points."

Edwards continued: "We have to go for promotion with the squad that is here.

"You can see how we played in the first half tonight and going to Watford and playing them off the park shows we're a match for anyone in this division.

"Hopefully we'll do it again on Saturday.

"Automatic promotion is a bit of a big step away but we have to give it everything we can and we definitely need to be in those play-offs."